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1 So, as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, then you will also arm yourself with the same thought; for he who suffers in the flesh ceases to sin, (Establishing the need to suffer in the flesh, that is, bodily).
2 so that the rest of the time in the flesh may no longer live according to human lusts, but according to the will of God. («The Will of God» – the installation of the priesthood).
3 For it is enough that in the past time of your life you acted according to the will of the pagan, indulging in uncleanness, lust (sodomy, bestiality, thoughts), drunkenness, excess in food and drink and absurd idolatry; (Establishing the need to fight «bad» deeds. However, from a religious point of view, everything in the world is done according to the will of God, including «bad» deeds).
4 why do they wonder that you do not participate in the same debauchery with them, and they slander you. (Pagans act badly, but seeing, they say, that «the humble and submissive servants of God» behave well, they begin to slander the «chosen ones»).
5 They will give an answer to him who has to judge the living and the dead soon. (Yahweh-de will soon judge everyone).
6 For for this reason it was preached to the dead also, that, having been judged according to man in the flesh, they should live according to God in the spirit. (The dead have also learned that they will be judged for their sins, it is necessary to live «according to God in spirit,» that is, to do as the priests-schemers order).
7 However, the end is near. So be reasonable and watchful in your prayers. (The statement that everything is supposedly coming to an end, so you have to be reasonable and pray all the time).
8 Above all, have diligent love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. (Establishing the necessity of love, love promotes reckless and «blind» faith, therefore love is beneficial for moralizers-priests).
9 Be strange to one another without murmuring. («Strange-loving» that is, hospitality to strangers, love promotes interpenetration, «soulfulness» between people, then you can better control each other, so love is beneficial for moralizers-priests).
10 Serve one another, each with the gift that he has received, as good housebuilders of the manifold grace of God. (Setting the moral and ethical norms of the new religion).
11 If anyone speaks, [speak] as the words of God; if anyone serves, [serve] according to the power that God gives, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom glory and power forever and ever. Amen. (The establishment of moral and ethical norms of the new religion. Endless praise of Jesus Christ).
12 Beloved ones! do not shy away from the fiery temptation that is being sent to you to test, as strange adventures for you («Fiery Temptation» is a trial by fire).
13 But as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, and in the manifestation of his glory you will rejoice and triumph. (Setting the moral and ethical norms of the new religion).
14 If they curse you for the name of Christ, then you are blessed, for the Spirit of Glory, the Spirit of God rests on you. He is blasphemed by those, and glorified by you. (Setting the moral and ethical norms of the new religion).
15 Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a villain, or as someone who encroaches on someone else’s property; (Killing, stealing or robbing is bad, but suffering for the cause of Jesus is good).
16 But if you are a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God for such a fate. (The establishment of moral and ethical norms of the new religion. Endless praise of Jesus Christ).
17 For the time has come for judgment to begin with the house of God; but if it begins with us first, what is the end for those who disobey the gospel of God? (The trial will begin with the «house of God» – the temple of Yahweh, the mention of the «Gospel of God»).
18 And if the righteous is barely saved, where will the wicked and sinful appear? (Everything in the world is done according to the will of God, which means that the wicked and sinners are not guilty of their sins and misdeeds. Only God and his son are to blame, along with a certain «spirit»).
19 Therefore, those who suffer according to the will of God, let them give up their souls to him as a faithful Creator, doing good. («Those who suffer according to the will of God», everything is done according to the will of God).
Chapter 5
1 I beseech your pastors, a co-pastor and witness of the sufferings of Christ and a partner in the glory that is to be revealed: (Analogy with shepherds-shepherds).
2 feed God’s flock, such as you have, overseeing it not forcibly, but willingly and pleasing to God, not for vile self-interest, but out of zeal, (Analogy with shepherds-shepherds).
3 and not ruling over the inheritance [of God], but setting an example to the flock; (Analogy with the flock).
4 And when the Shepherd Commander appears, you will receive an unfading crown of glory. (Analogy with shepherds-shepherds).
5 Likewise, the younger ones, obey the shepherds; nevertheless, submitting to one another, put on humility, because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. (Establishing a hierarchy).
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the strong hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. (Humility, submission are the main attitudes of any religion).
7 Put all your cares on him, for he cares for you. (God «cares» about people day and night).
8 Be sober and watchful, because your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. (Analogy with a lion).
9 Resist him with firm faith, knowing that the same sufferings happen to your brothers in the world. (Faith is suggestion, beneficial to priests of any religion).
10 But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, himself, after your short suffering, may he perfect you, confirm you, strengthen you, make you unshakable. (Praise of Jesus Christ).
11 Glory and power to him forever and ever. Amen. (Praise of Jesus Christ).
12 I have written these things briefly to you through Siluan, your faithful brother, as I think, to assure you, comforting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand. (Many researchers believe that Siluan, Peter’s assistant, wrote this epistle after the apostle’s death. It is possible to date the letter to a later time, since the message indicates that Christianity has already spread in Asia Minor. Probably, the epistle was written at the end of the I century in Rome).
13 The chosen one, like [you, the church] in Babylon, and Mark, my son, greets you. (Babylon is allegorically Rome).
14 Greet each other with a kiss of love. Peace be upon you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. (The first Conciliar Epistle of St. Peter the Apostle consists of 5 chapters. The purpose of the epistle is to prepare the first Christians, whose head was Peter, for the coming persecution. Probably, the message was written in Rome, which is allegorically called Babylon, this common name of every godless city, during the persecution of Christians under Emperor Nero, in 64 AD).
Chapter 1
1 Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, who accepted with us the equally precious faith in the truth of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: (Simon is a Hebrew name, and Peter is a Greek, double name, the first for Jews, the second for everyone else).
2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Christ Jesus our Lord. (The statement of the two: God the father and God the son).
3 As from his divine power we have been granted everything we need for life and piety, through the knowledge of him who called us with glory and goodness (Everything, they say, is from God and his son).
4 By which great and precious promises have been given to us, so that through them you may become partakers of the Divine nature, having removed yourself from the corruption that prevails in the world by lust: (Everything, they say, is from God and his son).
5 then you, applying all diligence to this, show virtue in your faith, prudence in virtue, (Everything, they say, is from God and his son).
6 abstinence is in prudence, patience is in abstinence, piety is in patience, (Everything, they say, is from God and his son).
7 in piety there is brotherly love, in brotherly love there is love. (Everything, they say, is from God and his son).
8 If this is in you and multiplies, then you will not remain without success and fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Everything, they say, is from God and his son).
9 But he who has none of this is blind, has closed his eyes, and has forgotten about the cleansing of his former sins. (Analogies and comparisons. Condemnation of sins, however, everything, they say, is from God and his son).
10 Therefore, brethren, strive more and more to make your rank and election firm; by doing so, you will never stumble (Setting the moral and ethical norms of the new religion).
11 For in this way a free entrance will be opened to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (Talion’s rule).
12 For this reason I will never cease to remind you of these things, even though you know this and are confirmed in the present truth. (Setting the moral and ethical norms of the new religion).
13 But I consider it just, as long as I am in this [bodily] temple, to excite you with a reminder (Constant reminders).
14 Knowing that I must soon leave my temple, just as our Lord Jesus Christ revealed to me. (Jesus Christ inspired his attitudes to many people, including Peter).
15 But I will try to make sure that even after my departure you always bring this to mind. (Constant reminders).
16 For we have announced to you the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, not by following elaborate fables, but by being eyewitnesses of his greatness. (Jesus Christ inspired his attitudes to many people, including Peter).
17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when such a voice was brought to him from the great glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Yahweh «begat» the son of Jesus Christ).
18 And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard while we were with him on the holy mountain. (This voice was «created» by interested persons: the angels-priests of Zoroastrianism from Parthia).
19 Moreover, we have the most faithful prophetic word; and you do well to turn to it as to a lamp shining in a dark place until the day begins to dawn and the morning star rises in your hearts (the prophets also «prophesied» about Christ, analogies and comparisons).
20 knowing first of all that no prophecy in Scripture can be resolved by itself. («No prophecy in Scripture can be resolved by itself», «correct» interpreters of the ancient Jewish scriptures are needed).
21 For the prophecy was never uttered according to the will of man, but the holy men of God uttered it, being moved by the Holy Spirit. (The «people of God» who «uttered» prophecies were under the influence of hypnosis, in ancient times it was called «being moved by the Holy Spirit»).
Chapter 2
1 There have also been false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will introduce pernicious heresies and, rejecting the Lord who redeemed them, will bring upon themselves speedy destruction. («False prophets», «false teachers» are those «people of God» who conducted «wrong» propaganda – heresy that does not meet the requirements of behind—the-scenes manipulators, «rejecting the Lord who redeemed them», therefore they must be «destroyed»).
2 And many will follow their debauchery, and through them the way of truth will be reproached. (However, from a religious point of view, everything in the world happens according to the will of God, including «false prophets», «false teachers», antichrists – competing currents in the emerging Christianity that discredited each other in every possible way, among them were those trends that rejected faith in Christ, for example, supporters of John the Baptist Many New Testament scholars believe that John was associated with the Qumranite community located in the Judean Desert area, and his teaching was a kind of their teaching. The Qumran manuscripts are manuscripts discovered in caves in the Wadi Qumran area of the Dead Sea in modern Jordan. The first finds date back to 1947. The found fragments of manuscripts are written mainly in Hebrew and Aramaic. The manuscripts belonged to a religious group that did not recognize Orthodox Judaism, and lived in the area in the 2nd century BC – 1st century AD Manuscripts. It can be divided into 3 groups: the texts of the Old Testament in Hebrew, as well as translated into Koine and Aramaic; the Old Testament apocrypha; the writings of the Qumranites themselves. The Qumran manuscripts contain different versions of the Old Testament books, including those that do not coincide with the canonical (Masoretic) text. Many texts are identical to those that served as the original for the Septuagint, the Koine translation of the Bible into Greek. Fragments of Ben-Sira, the Book of Tobit, fragments of the Book of Enoch in Hebrew and Aramaic were found from the Old Testament apocrypha (before that, only fragments into Greek and translations into Old Slavonic and Ethiopian languages were known), «testaments» of individual patriarchs, etc. The works of the Qumranites themselves include the Charter of the community, the Scroll of War, the Scroll of Hymns, comments on prophecies, and a number of others. The Charter deals with the goals of the community, the order of admission of members, their duties. The idea of the struggle of the kingdom of light and righteousness with the kingdom of darkness and evil is carried out. The Scroll of War depicts the last battle between them. The commentaries decipher the prophecies, which, according to the Qumranites, are contained in the Bible, about the fate of their community. The commentary to Habakkuk mentions the founder of the community, the «teacher of righteousness», who was persecuted by an «unholy priest». Some researchers tend to see the «teacher of righteousness» as a prototype of Jesus Christ, as well as other leaders of the community. The Qumranites professed Judaism, but did not recognize the authority of the high priests, they called their community the New Union (meaning union with God), and themselves – «sons of light», Ebionites – «beggars», «simpletons». They believed that the decisive battle of the «sons of light» with the «sons of darkness» would come – and evil would be defeated. In anticipation of this, the Qumranites lived in a closed community. They introduced the community of property, joint work, condemned slavery. To get into the community, you had to go through trials. Strict discipline was maintained within the community: priests were at the head: the «younger» members (who had not yet passed all the tests) obeyed the «elders». The Qumranites were part of the Essen movement. Essenes, Essenes, Essenes – a Jewish sect, information about which has been preserved by the writers of the 1st century A.D. Josephus, Pliny the Elder, Philo of Alexandria. The Essenes formed communities in which, as a rule, there was no private property, slavery was condemned, physical labor was mandatory, and trade was prohibited in a number of communities. Pliny the Elder wrote that the Essenes lived in seclusion, there were no women among them, they rejected carnal love, did not know money («Natural History», V. 17, 73). The communities of Essen were closed in nature, it was difficult to get into them. The Essenes took an active part in the anti-Roman uprising in Judea in 66—73, for which, according to Josephus, the Romans subjected the captured Essenes to cruel tortures («The Jewish War», II, 8, 2—13). Leo Taxil in The Funny Bible (p. 404) states that the Essenes, or Essenes, who lived in a commune, professed tolerance. They adopted various Persian beliefs. Most modern scientists consider members of the Qumran community (Qumranites) to be Essenes. The Qumranite community was destroyed during the uprising against the Romans. Their ideology had a certain influence on the formation of early Christianity. In the II century BC – II centuries AD, there were also religious and political sects of the Pharisees and Sadducees in Judea. The Pharisees (other-Heb. Perushim – separated) were an ancient Jewish sect that united representatives of the middle strata. The Pharisees insisted on strict observance of the precepts of Judaism, preached the doctrine of the afterlife, took hostile positions against Hellenistic culture, and were distinguished by ostentatious piety. The sect laid the foundations of the Talmud and the synagogue. Ambrogio Donini in the book «At the Origins of Christianity», p. 40, writes: «But the most ancient Christian communities of Palestine, – we should not forget this, – known as Ebionites („poor“), did not differ from them (Pharisees – Tikhomirs). They observed full rest on Saturdays, the day dedicated to Yahweh, and performed the main Jewish solemn rites in an order that was already different from Jerusalem and was approaching the Christian calendar with its compromise between the lunar and solar cycles. They preferred to call themselves the „sons of Zadok,“ after the great Biblical priest, with whom the Sadducees are also associated.» Sadducees (on behalf of Zadok, the founder of the dynasty of the high priests of the Jerusalem temple. The Prophet Ezekiel came from a noble priestly family of the Sadokids, from a family that lived in Jerusalem itself, and, apparently, was on the staff of the Jerusalem temple. Perhaps Ezekiel himself performed priestly duties for some time. In any case, as can be seen from his prophecies, he was well aware of the temple orders, the topography of the temple and what was happening in its most intimate rooms, and tried to justify the monopoly right of the Sadokids to perform the main priestly duties at the temple, the right that the Sadokids appropriated to themselves after the reform of Josiah) – an ancient Jewish sect consisting of a priestly the aristocracy. The Sadducees defended the positions of the slave-owning elite, with whom their interests were connected. They recognized the Torah and denied the oral tradition – the Talmud. Jesus Christ was connected not only with the «beggars, the poor» – the Ebionites, and hence with the Essenes, but he was also a Nazarene-Nazarene. The Nazarene, man or woman, was not to drink wine and other intoxicating drinks, not to cut his hair, not to enter any house in which there was a dead body. Some Nazarenes were dedicated to God by their parents for life. Jesus was also associated with the Parthian Persians, acting under the name of «angels», who wore shiny clothes and wings on their backs – the Persian Faravahar. That is why there are many things in the activity of Jesus that contradicted the canons of the Essenes (Ebionites), the Nazarenes, the Jews, and the Parthian-Persian Zoroastrianism. In addition, the real father of Jesus was a Greek of Syrian origin, who escaped from the Roman army, a Panther. In the person of Jesus Christ, there was a kind of protest in a generalized sense, where many of the beliefs and worldviews of that time acted together against the despotism of the corrupt Jerusalem hierocracy and their Roman masters).
3 And out of covetousness they will catch you with flattering words; their judgment has long been ready, and their destruction does not slumber. (The «wrong» prophets and teachers will soon perish).
4 For if God did not spare the angels who had sinned, but, having bound them with the bonds of hellish darkness, he delivered them up to be judged for punishment; (And the angels behaved «wrongly», here is God, who «created» the world!).
5 and if he did not spare the first world, but in eight souls he preserved the family of Noah, the preacher of righteousness, when he brought the flood upon the world of the wicked; (References to the Old Testament history).
6 and if the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, having condemned to destruction, turned into ashes, showing an example to future wicked people, (References to the Old Testament history).
7 But he delivered the righteous Lot, weary of the conversion between violently depraved people (References to the Old Testament history).
8 (for this righteous man, living among them, was tormented daily in a righteous soul, seeing and hearing lawless deeds) – (References to the Old Testament history).
9 Then, of course, the Lord knows how to deliver the pious from temptation, and to keep the lawless for the day of judgment, for punishment, (Lord God, from a religious point of view, knows everything, including the future. And if he doesn’t know, then it’s not God, but manipulative priests!).
10 and especially those who follow the filthy lusts of the flesh, despise the authorities, are bold, self-willed and are not afraid to slander the higher ones (God will punish everyone, but everything in the world is done according to the will of the same god).
11 Whereas the angels, surpassing them in strength and strength, do not pronounce reproachful judgment on them before the LORD. (Condemnation of the wicked, sinners, it is claimed that the angels, who surpass the wicked in strength and strength, «do not pronounce reproachful judgment on them before the Lord»).
12 They are like dumb animals led by nature, born to catch and destroy, slandering what they do not understand, they will be destroyed in their corruption. (Analogies and comparisons).
13 They will receive the wages of iniquity, for they take pleasure in daily luxury; shamefacers and defilers, they enjoy their deceptions, feasting with you. (Condemnation of the wicked, sinners).
14 Their eyes are filled with lust and unceasing sin; they seduce unapproved souls; their heart is accustomed to covetousness: these are the sons of damnation. (Son – in Semitic languages, this word may have the meaning: «heir, descendant» (Mt 1:1), «follower» (Mt 12:27). In addition, the word «son» is found in many phraseological phrases: for example, the son of gehenna (Mt 23:15), the son of the devil (Acts 13:10), the son of the curse).
15 Forsaking the straight path, they lost their way, following in the footsteps of Balaam, the son of Vosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness (The condemnation of Balaam, from the Old Testament history).
16 but he was convicted of his iniquity: a dumb ass, speaking with a human voice, stopped the madness of the prophet. (The donkey is a totemic animal, but the priest actually spoke).
17 These are waterless springs, clouds and mists driven by a storm: the darkness of eternal darkness is prepared for them. (Analogies with natural phenomena).
18 For when they utter puffed-up nonsense, they catch in the carnal lusts and debauchery of those who have barely lagged behind those who are in error. (Condemnation of the wicked, sinners).
19 They promise them freedom, being themselves slaves of corruption; for whoever is defeated by whom is a slave to him. (Condemnation of the wicked, sinners).
20 For if, having escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome by them, then the latter is worse for them than the first. (Condemnation of the wicked, sinners).
21 It would be better for them not to know the way of righteousness, rather than, having known, to return back from the holy commandment committed to them. (Condemnation of the wicked, sinners).
22 But it happens to them according to the true proverb: the dog returns to his vomit, and: the washed pig [goes] to wallow in the mud. (Analogies with dogs and pigs).
Chapter 3
1 This is the second epistle I am writing to you, beloved; in them I excite your pure meaning with a reminder, (Mention of the 2nd epistle).
2 That you may remember the words spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior, given by your apostles. (Establishing the need to remember the speeches of the prophets, the commandment «of the Lord and Savior, betrayed by your Apostles»).
3 First of all, know that in the last days, brazen scoffers will appear, acting according to their own lusts (Mention of the «last days»).
4 And they say, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers began to die, from the beginning of creation, everything remains the same. (Nothing in the world is changing, «brazen scolders who act according to their own lusts» claim. Fear of criticism).
5 Those who think this way do not know that in the beginning, by the word of God, the heavens and the earth are made up of water and water: (God created the heavens and the earth with his word, which are «made up of water and water»).
6 Therefore the world of that time perished, being drowned by water. (God has destroyed the world with water).
7 But the present heavens and the earth, which are contained by the same Word, are being preserved by fire for the day of judgment and destruction of wicked men. (The present heaven and earth, which are «contained by the same Word,» are being preserved for the judgment of the wicked.)
8 One thing should not be hidden from you, beloved, that the Lord has one day as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (With God, everything is possible).
9 The LORD does not delay in fulfilling the promise, as some consider it to be a delay; but he is patient with us, not wanting anyone to perish, but for everyone to come to repentance. (Repentance is beneficial to the priesthood, since there is a suggestion of guilt).
10 But the day of the LORD will come like a thief in the night, and then the heavens will pass away with a noise, and the elements, having flared up, will be destroyed, the earth and all the works on it will burn up. (Tat (slav.) – a thief. Elements (Greek) – in Greek philosophy – the primary elements (usually earth, water, fire and air), which make up the material world).
11 If all this is destroyed in this way, then what should you be in holy life and piety, (the conversion of all kinds of troubles).
12 who are waiting and wishing for the coming of the day of God, in which the inflamed heavens will collapse and the inflamed elements will melt? (The conversion of all kinds of troubles on the day of the «coming of God»).
13 Nevertheless, according to his promise, we are waiting for a new heaven and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. (Believers hope for a new heaven and a new earth, «where the truth dwells»).
14 Therefore, beloved, while waiting for this, strive to appear before him undefiled and blameless in the world; (Waiting for the «judgment of God»).
15 And consider the long-suffering of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you (Mentioning the Apostle Paul).
16 as he says about this in all the epistles, in which there is something incomprehensible, which the ignorant and the unapproved, to their own destruction, turn, like other Scriptures. (Christians should refute unjust accusations of disobedience to the authorities with their immaculate lives).
17 Therefore, beloved, having been forewarned of this, take care that you do not get carried away by the error of the wrongdoers and fall away from your statement (It is necessary to fight against the «error of the wrongdoers»).
18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to Him both now and in the eternal Day. Amen. (The second epistle consists of 3 chapters. The author of this epistle calls himself Simon Peter, but many scholars doubt that it was really written by the Apostle Peter, and date it to the end of the I – beginning of the II century A.D. The style and ideas of this epistle are very different from the first, it was quite late adopted by the church. The Apostle warns believers against false teachers who, in their arrogance, will deny Jesus who redeemed them and his second coming. Christians should refute unjust accusations of disobedience to the authorities with their immaculate lives, they should meet the coming of the Lord with dignity. The whole message is imbued with hope for the imminent return of the «Redeemer» and the expectation of a new universe according to his word, that is, suggestion).
Chapter 1
1 About what was from the beginning, what we heard, what we saw with our eyes, what we examined and what our hands touched, about the Word of life – (A story about what we heard, saw and felt).
2 For life has appeared, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you this eternal life, which was with the Father and appeared to us, – (A reference to God the father Yahweh).
3 We declare to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and our fellowship is with the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ. (Mention of Yahweh’s father-god and his son-god Jesus Christ).
4 And these things we write to you, that your joy may be perfect. (Appeal to the reader).
5 And this is the gospel that we have heard from him and are proclaiming to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in Him. (Mention of the «gospel» – the gospel. Praise of Jesus Christ).
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, but we walk in darkness, then we lie and do not act according to the truth; (Praise of Jesus Christ).
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. (Praise of Jesus Christ, the blood of Jesus «cleanses us from all sin»).
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (All people are sinful, such a statement is beneficial to the priesthood).
9 If we confess our sins, he, being faithful and righteous, will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (The need for confession of sins, which is beneficial to the priesthood).
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we present him as a liar, and his word is not in us. (All people are sinful, such a statement is beneficial to the priesthood).
Chapter 2
1 My children! I am writing this to you so that you do not sin; and if anyone had sinned, then we have an advocate before the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous; (Everyone sins, from the point of view of religion, and the advocate «before the Father», that is, before God the father Yahweh should be his son Jesus Christ, the righteous).
2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for the sins of the whole world. (Jesus Christ is the mediator before sinners and Yahweh).
3 And that we have come to know Him, we learn from the fact that we keep his commandments. (Jesus Christ left the commandments – the setting of what is good and what is bad).
4 Whoever says, «I have known him,» but does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and there is no truth in him; (It is necessary to keep the commandments of Jesus Christ).
5 But whoever keeps his word, the love of God has truly been fulfilled in him: from this we know that we are in him. (It is necessary to keep the commandments of Jesus Christ).
6 Whoever says that he abides in him must do as he has done. (It is necessary to keep the commandments of Jesus Christ).
7 Beloved! I am not writing you a new commandment, but an ancient commandment that you had from the beginning. The ancient commandment is the word that you have heard from the beginning. (A commandment is a law, a requirement, a moral and ethical attitude).
8 Moreover, I am writing you a new commandment, which is true both in him and in you: because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining. (The author declares that he is writing a new commandment).
9 Whoever says he is in the light, but hates his brother, is still in darkness. (Analogies, comparisons, parables).
10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no temptation in him. (Analogies, comparisons, parables).
11 But whoever hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. (Analogies, comparisons, parables).
12 I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven for the sake of his name. (The author claims that he is writing a new commandment, «because your sins are forgiven for the sake of his name»).
13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have defeated the evil one. I am writing to you, boys, because you have known the Father. (The author declares that he is writing a new commandment for the older generation, young men and boys. The mention of «Being», «evil», «Father»).
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known the Beginningless. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. (The mention of «Beginningless», «evil», «the word of God» – the installation of the hypnotist).
15 Do not love the world, nor what is in the world: who loves the world, there is no love of the Father in him. (The statement that there is no need to love the world).
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but of this world. («All that is in the world» – «is not of the Father, but of this world», the statement that the world is not of God the father. The question arises, and from whom, if the world was created by the same God-father!?! Condemnation of lust, pride).
17 And the world passes away, and his lust, but he who does the will of God abides forever. («The world passes away, and his lust», «he who fulfills the will of God abides forever», that is, a submissive and obedient slave who performs everything without a murmur and is the ideal of nascent Christianity!).
18 Children! lately. And as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and now many antichrists have appeared, then we will learn from the fact that the last time. (Antichrist (Greek) – letters, «opponent of Christ» or «instead of Christ». The opponent of Christ and Christians, who must come before the end of the world, is «the man of sin, the son of perdition» (2 Thess 2:3). In a broad sense, the antichrist is rejecting Jesus Christ and his teaching).
19 They went out from us, but they were not ours; for if they had been ours, they would have remained with us; but [they went out, and] through this it was revealed that not all of us are ours. (It turned out that «not all of our», that is, former comrades-in-arms are pursuing a different policy. But how did God the father not know about it!?).
20 Nevertheless, you have the anointing of the Holy One, and you know all things. (Mention of «anointing from the Saint.» The Messiah (Greek transcription of the Hebrew «Mashiach») – letters. it means «anointed, anointed.» The meaning of this word comes from the ancient customs of anointing with «sacred» oil, symbolizing the transfer of some special spiritual gift. Anointed persons were called persons with the highest spiritual and secular power: kings, priests, prophets. After the fall of the Kingdom of Judah, the word «anointed» came to mean the King of the Last Times. The Greek word «Christ» means the same as the Hebrew word «Messiah» – anointed one).
21 I have written to you not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, [as well as] that every lie is not from the truth. (Truth is not a lie!).
22 Who is a liar if not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist who rejects the Father and the Son. (Former associates reject that Jesus is the Christ, that is, the «anointed one.» Anointing is (most often with olive oil) a way of caring for the body and hair in ancient times. The elevation to the royal dignity, the transfer of the prophetic gift were also accomplished through a special anointing with the sacred olive oil. Therefore, in the New Testament, the word «anoint» acquires a second meaning – «to transmit a spiritual Gift»).
23 Whosoever rejects the Son has neither the Father; but he who confesses the Son has also the Father. (God the father and God the son in conjunction: the two gods).
24 Therefore, what you have heard from the beginning, let it also abide in you; if what you have heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will also abide in the Son and in the Father. (God the father and God the son in conjunction: the two gods).
25 But the promise that he promised us is eternal life. (A vow is a promise of eternal life, a dream of people).
26 This I have written to you about those who deceive you. (Seducers behave «incorrectly»).
27 Nevertheless, the anointing which you have received from him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as this very anointing teaches you everything, and it is true and untrue, what it has taught you, abide in it. («Anointing» has a sacred meaning).
28 Therefore, children, abide in him, so that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming. (It is necessary to «abide in Him,» that is, to be an obedient toy in the hands of manipulative priests, so that «we may have boldness and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.» Endless suggestion about the second coming of Jesus).
29 If you know that he is righteous, know also that everyone who does the truth is born of him. (Truth-tellers are «born of Him,» that is, from Jesus Christ).
Chapter 3
1 See what kind of love the Father has given us, so that we can be called and be children of God. The world does not know us because it has not known Him. (God the father Yahweh gave love «so that we could be called and be children of God», the suggestion of exclusivity and «being chosen», but the world does not know this yet, since Jesus is unknown).
2 Beloved ones! we are now children of God; but it has not yet been revealed what we will be. We only know that when it opens, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is. (The «Children of God» will become like Jesus).
3 And everyone who has this hope in him cleanses himself as he is pure. (Praise of Jesus Christ).
4 Whosoever commits sin also commits iniquity; and sin is iniquity. (Condemnation of sinfulness and iniquity).
5 And you know that he appeared to take away our sins, and that there is no sin in him. (Praise of Jesus Christ).
6 Whosoever abides in him does not sin; whosoever sins has not seen him and has not known him. (Praise of Jesus Christ).
7 Kids! let no one deceive you. Whoever does the truth is righteous, just as He is righteous. (Praise of Jesus Christ).
8 Whoever commits sin is of the devil, because the devil sinned first. This is why the Son of God appeared to destroy the works of the devil. (The «Son of God» is fighting the slanderous devils, who, however, were created by his father! Not all of the oppositionists believed that Jesus was «the son of God»).
9 Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin, because his seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. («God’s children» are sinless).
10 The children of God and the children of the devil are recognized as follows: anyone who does not do righteousness is not of God, nor does he love his brother. (And the devil has children!).
11 For this is the gospel that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another (mentioning the gospel).
12 Not like Cain, who was of the evil one and killed his brother. And why did you kill him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s deeds were righteous. (References to the Old Testament history).
13 Do not be surprised, my brethren, if the world hates you. (The original Christians were persecuted).
14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers; he who does not love his brother remains in death. (Life, from the point of view of nascent Christianity, meant love for one’s fellow soldiers).
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; but you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (The promise of eternal life for all. who behaves «correctly»).
16 We have known love in this, that he laid down his life for us: and we must lay down our lives for our brothers. (Love is interpreted as the fact that «He laid down His soul for us,» that is, he died for his supporters-brothers).
17 But whoever has plenty in the world, but seeing his brother in need, closes his heart from him, – how does the love of God abide in him? (It is necessary to help your fellow supporters).
18 My children! let us love not by word or language, but by deed and truth. (A call to brotherly love, «brothers» means supporters).
19 And this is how we know that we are from the truth, and we calm our hearts before him; (The statement that Jesus Christ is the truth, his supporters are «from the truth,» therefore they calm down).
20 For if our heart condemns us, then [more than God], because God is greater than our heart and knows everything. (Yahweh knows everything).
21 Beloved ones! if our heart does not condemn us, then we have boldness towards God, (the ancient idea that a person thinks with his heart).
22 And whatever we ask, we will receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing to him. (If, they say, we behave well, then Jesus will reward us: Talion’s rule).
23 But his commandment is that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he commanded us. (The main thing is faith and love «in the name of His Son Jesus Christ», the fulfillment of the commandments).
24 And whoever keeps his commandments abides in him, and he is in him. And we know that He abides in us by the spirit that He has given us. (Keeping the commandments is the main condition of nascent Christianity).
Chapter 4
1 Beloved! do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are from God, because many false prophets have appeared in the world. (There are also «wrong» spirits, that is, people who suggest something that is not beneficial to certain circles in the nascent Christian church).
2 Recognize the Spirit of God (and the spirit of error) in this way: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ, who came in the flesh, is from God; (It is necessary to «check" the spirits»).
3 And every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ, who came in the flesh, is not of God, but it is the spirit of the antichrist, of whom you have heard that he will come and is now already in the world. (It is necessary to «check" the spirits.» The Antichrist was also created by God the father, from a religious point of view).
4 Kids! You are of God, and you have overcome them; for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (The statement that these children are «from God» who will overcome the «wrong» spirits, «for the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world»).
5 They are of the world, therefore they speak in the world, and the world listens to them. (Those who are from the world are «wrong»).
6 We are of God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we recognize the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (Those who are «from God» are «right»).
7 Beloved! let us love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. (Propaganda of love).
8 He who does not love has not known God, because God is love. (The statement that God is love).
9 God’s love for us was revealed in the fact that God sent his only Begotten Son into the world so that we would receive life through him. (God Yahweh has an «only begotten son» whom he sent into the world. Personification of the gods).
10 This is love, that we did not love God, but he loved us and sent his Son to propitiate for our sins. (Yahweh sent his son to the slaughter to atone for the sins of all people. «It was inherent in all ancient religions that a sin before the deity should be redeemed by a propitiatory sacrifice. And every single person could not help but realize that he was „not without sin.“ The righteous Job had to agree with his opponents that „one born of a woman“ cannot be completely pure before God (Job 25:5). But let us remember that the same Job laid the blame for this on the creator of people: „Is it good for you that you oppress, that you despise the work of your hands?“ (10:3). God himself, who created them, is to blame for the imperfection of people. God was not justified before Job. In Christianity, God was justified. He justified himself by offering a great redemptive sacrifice – his „only begotten“ son – for the „unclean“ and sinful humanity that he had created. With this sacrifice, God redeemed the sins of people, but also his guilt. Redeemed… to whom? In front of you? Illogic? Of course! But, as Engels rightly observes, „in the sacrificial death of its founder, Christianity created an easily understandable form of inner salvation from a corrupt world, consolation in consciousness, which everyone so passionately aspired to,“ and thus Christianity „proved its ability to become a world religion – moreover, a religion that corresponds just to this world.“ This act – a kind of self – justification of the deity – in Christianity, in essence, ended the process of theodicy, the justification of God. God has opened a „way out“ and a „way to salvation“ for suffering humanity.» – writes M. I. Riszski «Biblical Prophets and Biblical Prophecies», pp. 327—328).
11 Beloved! if God has loved us so much, then we should love each other too. (Talion’s rule, God has loved, then it is impossible not to love him).
12 No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, then God abides in us, and His love is perfect in us. («No one has ever seen God,» the author claims, so there is no God! And people love each other without any gods).
13 That we abide in him and he in us, we learn from what he has given us from his Spirit. («The presence of someone in something» is possible only by suggestion – «Spirit»).
14 And we have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son as the Savior of the world. (Personification of the gods: God the father and God the son).
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he is in God. (It is necessary to assert that «Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he is in God»).
16 And we have known the love that God has for us, and have believed in it. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. (God is love).
17 Love reaches such perfection in us that we have boldness in the day of judgment, because we act in this world like him. (God is love).
18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because there is torment in fear. The one who is afraid is imperfect in love. (God is love).
19 Let us love him, because he first loved us. (God is love).
20 Whoever says, «I love God,» but hates his brother, is a liar: for he who does not love his brother, whom he sees, how can he love God, whom he does not see? (It is necessary, in addition to loving God, to love your fellow brothers).
21 And we have such a commandment from him that he who loves God should also love his brother. (It is necessary, in addition to loving God, to love your fellow brothers).
Chapter 5
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the one who gave birth also loves the one born of him. (An indication of who is considered a believer, those. who believes that «Jesus is the Christ, born of God, and everyone who loves the One who gave birth also loves the One born of Him»).
2 That we love the children of God, we learn from when we love God and keep his commandments. (The «Children of God» are obliged to love Yahweh and observe the commandments of God, that is, the Jewish guidelines-laws).
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not hard. (The love of God is the observance of the commandments of God, that is, Jewish attitudes-laws).
4 For whosoever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. (Faith is suggestion, and then self—suggestion, the «children of God» are fellow brothers of the nascent Christianity).
5 Who conquers the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? (It is necessary to believe «that Jesus is the Son of God», since there is no evidence).
6 This is Jesus Christ, who came by water and blood and Spirit, not only by water, but by water and blood, and the Spirit testifies of [him], because the Spirit is the truth. (Sacred entities – water, blood, Spirit (hypnotic trance).
7 For three bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. (These words are absent from the early biblical texts and are probably a later insertion designed to confirm the dogma of the Trinity).
8 And three bear witness on earth: spirit, water, and blood; and these three are of one. (Sacred entities – water, blood, Spirit (hypnotic trance).
9 If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God, by which God testified about his Son. (The personification of God who «testifies» to something).
10 He who believes in the Son of God has a testimony in himself; he who does not believe God presents him as a liar, because he does not believe in the testimony by which God testified about his Son. (Personification of God, who «testifies» about his son).
11 This testimony is that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (Yahweh has «given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.» Jesus is supposedly eternally alive)
